A dystopian concept is that raising plant life of any kind would be an attempt to flaunt status. Think 'Do Robots Dream of Electric Sheep' novel guidelines.
I never read that one, but I saw the movie. I don't think that made it into the movie though.
Thank you. I don't remember that being in there. It's been a while since I've watched it -- I'll have to watch it again.
@Pat
When Deckard meets Rachel for the first time, you see a scarce amount of plantlife and an artificial owl that reside in CEO Eldon Tyrell's ancient-egyptian themed office.
https://youtu.be/VSOzdFoZsho
When asked about the owl " 't's artificial?" Rachel replies scoffing "Of course it is"
the overall concept(not specific to plants) has been recurring in scifi- mostly in cyberpunk/futuristic genres
life is considered valuable
plantlife is vulnerable
animals are endangered
humans are innovative
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all life is replicated by artificial means because dystopian future renders natural life impossible.
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In BladeRunner, everyone is subject to some sort of arificial-assisted/enabled method. 100% natural birth/creation is assumed not possible.
@lucifargundam
I remember that scene and the owl, but I don't think I could ever infer the plantlike=opulence notion from that scene. I'd need to read the book to get that.